Bill Text: NY A01824 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to apportion monies for students with disabilities, and for such funds to follow students from one school district to another.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-07 - held for consideration in education [A01824 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01824-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1824
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO, OAKS -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of education to  estab-
         lish  apportionment  methods for certain school districts with respect
         to students with disabilities
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Legislative findings. The legislature finds that students
    2  with disabilities often need special accommodations in order to  achieve
    3  the  highest  standards  of  learning.  These special accommodations are
    4  often associated with high costs. The  legislature  further  finds  that
    5  when  a  student  with  a  disability transfers to a new school district
    6  within the same school year, the new school district is without  funding
    7  for such student until the beginning of the next school year.
    8    The  legislature  therefore  finds  that it is necessary to direct the
    9  commissioner of education to  establish  a  method  by  which  a  school
   10  district may receive necessary aid for students with disabilities at any
   11  time, throughout the school year, as may be appropriate.
   12    S  2.  The commissioner of education is hereby directed to establish a
   13  method for apportioning school aid for students with disabilities at any
   14  time, throughout the school year, as may be appropriate.
   15    S 3. The commissioner of education shall establish a special  fund  to
   16  be  used  solely  for  the  purpose  of  supplying interim aid to school
   17  districts that are attended by students with  disabilities,  where  such
   18  student  or students were not accounted for in the initial apportionment
   19  to such school district at the beginning of the school year.
   20    S 4. The commissioner of education shall apportion monies for students
   21  with disabilities on a quarterly basis, and to allow for the  apportion-
   22  ment  to  follow  the  student  from  school district to school district
   23  throughout the school year.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06290-01-3
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    1    S 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    2  have become a law. Effective immediately any rules or regulations neces-
    3  sary  for the timely implementation of the provisions of this act on its
    4  effective date may be promulgated on or before such date.